Russia Sees Prolonged War Risk With Second Front Plea
Moscow's war communique marking two years of Soviet fighting argues Germany could be stopped by a joint east west assault this year to end the war quickly and save lives. It cites 200 German and 30 satellite divisions on the eastern front to argue the need for an early second front, while noting allied strategic plans remain unchanged.
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U. S. Pat
Louis. F. Keemle
United Press
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Huseia
Remlin
Presure
Gerany
Europe
Churchill
Red Army
Knox
Thrape
No Settlement On FSA Funds
Washington reports the Farm Security Administration remains deadlocked as the 1944 agricultural appropriation bill returns to the Senate with no compromise. Conferees abandoned efforts to resolve 134 senate amendments. little chance the House will adopt the Senate changes despite a broad agreement on most differences.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fond Du Lac Ration Board Revokes Illinois Drivers
Chicago Up Regional fire Administrator Raymond McKeough said authorities acted with full legal authority when Fond Du Lac Wisconsin revoked gasoline rations of three Illinois motorists. He noted the Fond Du Lac ration board acted within its jurisdiction after coordination with OPA attorneys in Washington. Police in Fond Du Lac, with Wisconsin OUA enforcement teams, stopped late motorists during the week as the three with unassigned gasoline buttons lost their rations.
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Chicago
Raymond 5S
cKenough
Fond du Lac
Wis
Tev
Illinois
McKeough
OPA
Washington
More Names On Prisoner List In World War II
Washington dispatch reports the U S government released 83 U S soldiers held as prisoners by Germany and 97 held by Japan. The lists identify names and statuses of servicemen captured or detained abroad.
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Washington
U. S
Germany
Japan
Ickes and Lewis in Conference on Coal Crisis
Washington officials report Harold L. Ickes and John L. Lewis resumed talks amid a coal strike affecting 530,000 miners and fueling steel production losses. Officials said possible government operation plans were discussed as the War Labor Board seeks enforcement of a modified wage-hour contract and the White House weighs broader powers.
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Washington
The
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Fie
United Mine Workers
Harold L. Ickes
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Ickes
UMW
Interior
Lewis
John O'Leary
Percy Tetlow
John Gwen
UFW
Ohio
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Ickes and Lewis
Solid Panals Administration
James F. Byrnes
WLB
Detroit Race Riots Quelled By Troops
Washington reports the coal crisis pushing the administration toward restrictive labor legislation even as the Connally Harr ness Smith bill awaits Roosevelt's signature or veto. Advisers worry the measure would legalize wartime strikes via a National Labor Relations Board process. Some prefer compulsory arbitration, modeled on the National Railway Mediation Act, to force production without a strike vote. If vetoed, officials say the bill fails to maximize coal output and creates wartime dispute procedures.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Executive
Organized Labor
National Railway
War Labor Board
Mr. Roosevelt
Large Class To Join Moose in Oelwein Lodge Initiation
The Oelwein Moose Lodge will initiate 35 to 40 candidates at this evening's meeting. Officers listed include John Eikenberry, Burton Eckhart, Tracy Small, Roy Benzer, John Jepsen, Don Anhis. Eckhart and Roy Avery were chosen for the national convention August 22 to 25 in Cincinnati. Plans include a smoker June 30, two July programs on 3 4, and Sept 4 to 8 with Nat Towles and his 13 piece orchestra, plus dances, a picnic, and war stamp prizes.
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Oelwein Moose Lodge
John Eikenberry
Burton Eckhart
Tracy Small
Roy Benzer
John Jepsen
Don Anhis
Roy Avery
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nat Towles
Towles
World War A Year Ago Today June 22 1942
United Press reports Churchill aims for the earliest maximum Allied war power concentration. Soviet communique notes fierce fighting near Sevastopol. Western Defense Command at The Presidio says a hostile vessel fired shells toward Fort Stevens on June 21. Pierre Laval urges French workers to move to Germany to boost Nazi production for victory over Bolshevism.
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United Press
Washington
Winston Churchill
Sevastopol
Western Defense Command
Fourth Army
Presidio
San Francisco
Cal
Fort Stevens
Oregon
Pierre Laval
Germany
Detroit Riot Abates as Army Quells Violence
Army detachments in full battle dress patrolled Woodward Avenue and surrounding Negro areas after 26 killed and 700 injured in Detroit rioting. President Roosevelt ordered troops to restore order while Governor Kelly blamed youths 15 to 18 for most trouble. Public events were canceled or restricted as 2100 federal troops arrived to relieve local police.
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Woodward Avenue
Roosevelt
Harry F. Kelly
Hey
Kelly
Camp McCoy
Wis
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr
Ku Klux Klan
Detroit
Father Draft Last Step McNutt Says
McNutt told governors the draft of fathers will occur only after every alternative is exhausted, with arithmetic deciding the date rather than policy. He cited war fortunes, lower physical standards, and older recruits as factors and projected 64.4 million in civilian and military service by July 1 1944.
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Columbus, O
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Commission
Ashe
Allies down 23 Japanese planes in Lae air battle
Allied forces claim 14 to 23 Japanese planes shot down in a Lae New Guinea dogfight. Two day toll reaches 47 enemy planes, with most destroyed. American Lightning fighters suffer no losses while A-20s bomb Lae and Malahang. Nearby Darwin air combat tallies rise to 24. Coastal raids on Koepang produce big fires. Munda in New Georgia attacked by dive bombers and torpedo planes. U S submarines press advantage in Pacific.
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Allied
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Darwin
New Guinean
Malahang
Catalina
Koepang
Timor
Penfoci
South Pacific
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomon Group
South Bacine Command
Dauntless
Savenger
Over 300 Yanks Die In Jap Camps
War department announced the names of more than 300 American soldiers who have died in Japanese prison camps since the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. Deaths stemmed from disease including malaria dysentery pneumonia and beri-beri. The list covers 11,307 personnel reported as POWs. none from this vicinity.
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Washington
War Department
Bataan
Corregidor
International Red Cross
Japan
Russia press calls for early second front in Europe
The Soviet Information Bureau marked two years in the war with a 4000 word review urging a Western second front now. It warned that victory without a second front is impossible and would cost more lives, while opening it this year could speed the war and save many casualties. The report lauds growing allied unity as the conflict continues.
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Moscoow
Russia
Europe
Soviet Information Bureau
West
Red Army
Germany
Britain
United States
Allied Air Offensive Blasts Ruhr and Antwerp Targets
Heavy American B 17s and RAF bombers strike Ruhr and Antwerp region with raids on a synthetic rubber plant near Recklinghausen and the Krefeld war production center. Losses include 20 bombers and four fighters. RAF Mitchells hit Rotterdam docks as Allied planes push a major multi theater assault across Germany and Italy.
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London
Ruhr
Belgium
Germany
General Motors
Antwerp
British
Air Ministry
Eighth United States Air Force
Royal Air Force
Krefeld
Rotterdam
Mitchell
RAF
Truls
Recklinghausen
Duisburg
Middle East
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
Sicily
Cario
North Africa
Naples
Italy
Sardinia
Mim
Cologne
England
Traffic Deaths Drop In Iowa In Early 1943
Des Moines reports driving behavior reduced fatalities in the first five months of 1943 by 74 compared with 1942. Commissioner Karl Fischer notes 173 deaths in January to May 1942, and 99 in the same period of 1943, totaling across 49 counties. He cites varying county figures and attributes the decline to slower driving.
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Des Moines
Towa
Karl Fischer
Ae Commissioner of Public Safety
Tischer
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